This 32-page brochure includes 23 pages of photos with a full-page map and about eight pages of text. In 1938, most travel in Alaska was by boat or train, so the brochure features several photos of the Alaska Railroad. Curiously, … Continue reading
This 88-year-old timetable reveals that the Northern Pacific had quite a range of trains in the Golden Age of rail travel. Trains 1 and 2 were the Chicago-Seattle North Coast Limited, which left its respective endpoints each morning and arrived … Continue reading
Like other NP paper of the 1960s, the cover of this menu uses a black-and-white photo by NP telegrapher Ron Nixon without even a bit of red to enliven the scene. Inside, however, the menu is anything but drab, offering … Continue reading
Though oriented differently, this booklet is about the same size, and uses the same paper, as the North Coast Limited Train Service Guide and the Story of the Monad. Only one-and-a-half pages of the booklet are about the The semen, … Continue reading
This four-panel brochure from 1965 is the same size and color scheme (red and black) as the vista-dome brochure presented here a couple of days ago. It has eleven photos of destinations (four of which are of places that aren’t … Continue reading
This particular edition of this guide was printed in 1963, but no doubt many similar ones were printed before that. It provides information about everything from the Traveler’s Rest car to the credit cards that were accepted on board the … Continue reading
Issued in 1957, three years after vista domes had been added to the North Coast Limited, this brochure has seven interior photos, one exterior photo, and the Leslie Ragan painting on the cover. Unfortunately, the black-and-white photos and painting make … Continue reading
Published in 1926, this booklet not only has a milepost guide to cities and sights along the Northern Pacific, it has the times that NP’s various trains are scheduled to pass those sites. The trains listed include trains 1 and … Continue reading
This booklet was published two or three years after yesterday’s tour book, which came out in 1925 or shortly thereafter. The only date I can find in this one is February 1928 on the centerfold map. This only proves it … Continue reading
This 60-page booklet includes 55 black-and-white photos describing Yellowstone Park and the surrounding area–several featuring the Cody Gateway–as well as the trains tourists could take to reach the region. It also announces the creation of “Burlington Escorted Tours,” a joint … Continue reading
